HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

bd_76c8276f9ce08973 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 3, 2025

Filed

Jun 3, 2025

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lee Enterprises, Incorporated →

Lee Enterprises notified consumers of a data security incident where unauthorized access to employee personal information occurred on or about February 1, 2025. The breach was discovered on February 3, 2025, and FBI was notified. Affected data included names and variable PII. Lee Enterprises engaged cybersecurity specialists and offered IDX identity theft protection services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Feb 1, 2025

Begins

Feb 3, 2025

Discovered

Jun 3, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim was first seen 96 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_0dbac1a45d4efc162025-06-03Verified
Montana State AGbd_19ef3d9a34d1e9e32025-06-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2ca38f39e16972c82025-06-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_5c4976e1eeef53042025-06-03Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 89d gap

Oregon State AGbd_31e8f14655399ee62025-06-04 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_342bdbbebf2f7ed12025-06-04 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_7ab185d4c140c40d2025-06-04 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_ae0c7ca4d829002b2025-06-05 · +2dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_5237fce167e0e1102025-06-01 · +2dCandidate
SEC 8-Kbd_a2d5ab16cd5f49522025-03-06 · +89dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
norm: lee
Domain: lee.net

Name: Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
norm: lee
Domain: lee.net
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 3, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 3, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation of the matter
Engaged cybersecurity specialists to assist with the incident response
Undertook a comprehensive review with the help of a third-party vendor
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

SEC 8-KMar 6 · first

Illinois State AG+87d

Nebraska State AG+89d

Montana State AG+89d

New Hampshire State AG+89d

Maine State AG+89d

Vermont State AG+89d · this page

Oregon State AG+90d

Massachusetts State AG+90d

California State AG+90d

Texas State AG+91d

Pattern: first filing Mar 6, last Jun 5 (TX) — a 91-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-06-03-lee-enterprises-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2025
Raw hash: 29fbf0cb1eda62fab8c11d1d529196b13311a72170f86b2b9154a79fc85ec4ba

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLee Enterprises, Incorporated

Victim entityLee Enterprises, Incorporated

Incidentdiscovered Feb 3, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an investigation of the matter

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov